About Us

This is the place where we are have documented the road we have walked in order to adopt our four children from Brazil and the road we are now on as a family. We are keenly aware that adopting is not just a process we've chosen to go through, but part of God's plan for us and for our children. May He be glorified through the process and through our family!

Friday, March 27, 2009

Ready to talk

I titled this post several days ago. Ready to Talk. I guess I wasn't really. I'm still not sure if I'm ready to talk, but if we're let God move us on, it's important to document where we've been and what we've learned.

We got our hearts tangled up in thinking about being parents to the two boys we petitioned for. Maybe too much. Maybe too soon. We must have prayed for and about them for a hundred hours in the short time we knew about them, and we know that literally hundreds of loving friends and family members lifted our petition to God as well.

So why aren't we angry at God for not answering our prayer? We couldn't have prayed more. Or more fervently. Or with more faith. Why? Because God answers prayers His way, not ours. And it's a good thing too. We know what we want and what we wish for, but we don't know the whole story from beginning to end. God's plans are perfect and they are meant to bring Him glory... not us. In fact (after the disappointment wore off), I've felt more peace than I can understand. If 10,000 prayers were offered asking God to have His way, and the answer is "no," then I am certain that this is what God chose for us. Waiting a little longer. And it's hard not to imagine that He will do something amazing in the wake of this disappointing answer to prayer. We may not know what that is yet, but we are resting securely in knowing that His plans are better than ours and trusting that He will make our family whole.

We are grateful to our friends for all the encouraging words we heard during the last week. We are blessed even when the answer is no.